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cthulu2016

(10,960 posts) Thu Feb 28, 2013, 03:53 PM Feb 2013

First politically viable openly gay candidate in Mississippi victim of Homicide

There is no indication that the crime was motivated by orientation, politics or race for that matter. It does, however, leave one shaking their head.

Marco McMillian Dead: Openly Gay Mississippi Mayoral Candidate's Body Found, Homicide Suspected

JACKSON, Miss. -- Whatever his prospects for winning the coming mayoral election in his hometown of Clarksdale, Miss., Marco McMillian was considered by many to be a man on the rise. So word spread fast when his SUV was involved in a wreck this week, and he was nowhere to be found.

The discovery of the openly gay candidate's body near a Mississippi River levee Wednesday stunned residents of Clarksdale, a Blues mecca in the flatlands of the Mississippi Delta.

Authorities were investigating McMillian's death as a homicide, and said a person of interest was in custody, but released few other details...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/28/marco-mcmillian-dead_n_2780698.html

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First politically viable openly gay candidate in Mississippi victim of Homicide (Original Post) cthulu2016 Feb 2013 OP

Guess Mississippi will never join the rest of the world in the 21st. century. Same sinkingfeeling Feb 2013 #1

The suspect is a young African American male FrodosPet Feb 2013 #2

Man arrested in killing of gay mayoral candidate in Mississippi FrodosPet Feb 2013 #3

sinkingfeeling

(51,460 posts)

1. Guess Mississippi will never join the rest of the world in the 21st. century. Same

Reply to cthulu2016 (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 03:59 PM

Feb 2013

crap, different focus from the 50s and 60s.

FrodosPet

(5,169 posts)

2. The suspect is a young African American male

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Reply #1)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 05:38 PM

Feb 2013

And the Sheriff is A.A. as well.

On the A.A. oriented message board I've been checking out is conjecture that it was either carjacking or someone on the DL afraid of being outed.

Of course, the website is http://bossip.com so it is all pure gossip.

FrodosPet

(5,169 posts)

3. Man arrested in killing of gay mayoral candidate in Mississippi

Reply to cthulu2016 (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 10:22 PM

Feb 2013

http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-man-arrested-in-murder-of-gay-mayoral-candidate-in-mississippi-20130228,0,7289545.story

A 22-year-old Mississippi man has been charged with murder in connection with the death of an openly gay candidate for mayor of Clarksdale, Miss., officials said.

Lawrence Reed of Shelby, a resident of Clarksdale, was charged with murder, the Coahoma County sheriff’s office announced on Thursday.

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Authorities said they had been searching for McMillian for about 24 hours, after his SUV had been involved in a head-on collision with another vehicle. McMillian was not in his SUV at the time, prompting the search.

Reed was the driver of the SUV. He was taken to Regional Medical Center at Memphis, Tenn., where he was listed in good condition Thursday morning, a spokeswoman told The Times.

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